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Low blood sugar on prednisone

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Dec 18 9:43am | Replies (23)

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I’ve been having a terrible time with hypoglycaemia for the last 4 months brought on by reducing Prednisone…only concluded that lately and are having cortisol testing tomorrow to see where to go from there …has taken me a longtime as I’m waiting to see endocrinologist so the only advice I had was from these chats …was down to 1 mg prednisone but went back to 3 mg which helped a lot but am still crashing below 4 mmol all night long …got gp to request testing and emergency visit to endocrinologist…don’t know why I was never followed for cortisol levels so I suggest to others don’t wait if you are worried !

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@nancy334 wow best of luck to you.

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Just saw my endocrinologist today after a 2 month wait to get in. I think anyone with PMR on prednisone should be under the care of an endocrinologist. I just reached the 5 mg mark and he said it was important to get a fasting cortisol blood test before tapering any further. I’ll be doing that tomorrow.
Best wishes to you… Seems we need all kinds of specialists with this condition!